In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.- George Lucas 1988

In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.- George Lucas 1988

Carl Sagan's "Contact" (as well as the film adaptation with Jodie Foster) relied on a premise somewhat similar to this.

There was a book in the 60s or 70s called The Listeners that dealt with mankind trying to cope with having gotten a message from space.

The Forge of God, by Greg Bear, doesn't quite do what you're asking, but it's in the ballpark. Essentially, mankind gets an alien message that it's going to be destroyed soon, but has no way of verifying it or talking about to the folks who sent the message. The novel is a buildup to the promise of that message (and is quite good).

I want to say there is an Arthur C. Clarke short story that deals with this.

Hell, 2001: A Space Odyssey is effectively this plan, innit, only without the countdown? Aliens leave behind an inscrutable message for mankind. Mystery ensues.

Ya, kind of. I want to explore more of the human reaction to how the message is interpreted, and what that says about us. Contact did touch on that briefly, but I wanted to make it more about that issue.

In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.- George Lucas 1988

The Japanese cartoon, Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers over here), starts with this premise, but adds a race against time plot device to keep the story advancing.

The recent animated remake (26 episodes) goes into far more detail about first contact, and how two separate alien races deal with humanity as either friend or foe. Highly recommended, especially if you have any memories of the original animated show from 1973, and far better than the (still really good) live action movie.

In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.- George Lucas 1988

Battleship Yamato (the remake) is, absolutely, some the best space opera you will ever watch. The first 9 episodes are pretty much identical to the original, and then it starts to stray a bit (for the better). It also uses the same character and ship designs, and the same music and sound effects as the original. The only major difference is the inclusion of several new female characters (since the original only had two). There are also two in-jokes that are weaved into the plot (which will go unnoticed by non-hardcore fans, but it was great that the writers incorporated this much detail).

The entire series is on piratebay. The audio is Japanese, with English subtitles. There is no English dub, and the company selling the Blu-Rays in the US (Voyager Entertainment) is doing a fucking awful job distributing the series. I'll dump it on my server if you're too squeamish to torrent it.

There was a half-decent series on NBC a couple of years called The Event which had a similar premise but different in that a small number of the aliens had already been here in secret for quite some time preparing for the arrival of the rest of their race.

It was cancelled before season 2 but they did set up one whopper of a second season when the "event" actually happens in the final scene of the season/series.

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The Japanese cartoon, Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers over here), starts with this premise, but adds a race against time plot device to keep the story advancing.

The recent animated remake (26 episodes) goes into far more detail about first contact, and how two separate alien races deal with humanity as either friend or foe. Highly recommended, especially if you have any memories of the original animated show from 1973, and far better than the (still really good) live action movie.

Loved the original series as a kid...where can I watch the new version?

The Japanese cartoon, Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers over here), starts with this premise, but adds a race against time plot device to keep the story advancing.

The recent animated remake (26 episodes) goes into far more detail about first contact, and how two separate alien races deal with humanity as either friend or foe. Highly recommended, especially if you have any memories of the original animated show from 1973, and far better than the (still really good) live action movie.

Loved the original series as a kid...where can I watch the new version?

Ya, kind of. I want to explore more of the human reaction to how the message is interpreted, and what that says about us. Contact did touch on that briefly, but I wanted to make it more about that issue.

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